Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at OA Logistics Services, Inc., 550 Northport Parkway, PORT WENTWORTH, GEORGIA 31407
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the knee(s).
Final narrative
An employee's right foot was caught on the edge of a guardrail and she fell, injuring her right knee. She was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
HospitalizedKnee(s)Floor, n.e.c.
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